Improvement in machine for wiring blinds



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JEF'ERSON KINDLEBERGER l Ann WILLIAM AUGUSTUS AIuvoLD, OESANIFRAN- CISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNORS TO THE INVENTORS ASSOCIATION, OF SAN n.

FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

Letters Patent No.l 95,355, dated September 28, 1869.

IMPRovnMENT INNAcnINE non WIRING BnINDs.

The Schedule referred to in theseLetters Patent and making part ci the Same.

To all whom tt mwy concern:

Beit known that we, JEFFERSON KINDLEBERGER, and WILLIAM AUGUSTUS ARNOLD, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented au Improved Double-Acting Wiring-Machine vfor Blinds; and we do hereby declare the following deby a pawl, regulated to feed it the proper distance for the particularblind in process of manufacture.

The wires for. the rods are placed -upona curved holder, having a space beneath it just the thickness of one wire, and an arm operated by alever, presses the wire forward into the rod. 'lhe rod is then moved along the proper' distance, where the wire just fastened to itA will stand over the edge of a shade,which has been placed in the proper position.

Another wire-holder or conductor similar to the first, is placed here, and the wires from this are pressed downward by an arm connected with the main or handlever, so that one leg of the staple formed by the bent wire will pass through the wire loop which is fastened to the rod, as this last wire is forced into the shade, 'when the work is completed. v

V'Io more fully illustrate my invention, reference is made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- `Figure 1 is a side view ofthe machine, showing the lever.

Figure 2 is a top view.

Figure 3 is a back view.

Figure 4 is a front view, taken from the side markd x, iig. l.

A is a table or plate, to which the rest of the frame A is attached, so as to support the different portions of the mechanism.

To this frame A the lever B is pivoted at B', andl operates the bar D for forcing the wires into the shades, and also by intervening levers the bar N, which forces the wires into the rods.

i The levelI B is extended down beyond its point of support at B', and liasthe pawl E pivoted to it, so that when the lever is forced down this pawl is drawn back, but when it is raised, the pawl forces the rod along by means'V of lnotches in the side of the rod, into' which the pawl falls. These notches' are made at such a distance apart as to suit the style'oi blind to be made.

The rod is kept in position Aand steadied, by an elastic arm, F, which is attached to the side of the I O is the support and conductor of the wires for the rods. These wires being already bent, the conductor is filled with them, and kthey are kept in place by the guard R. l

' The conductor O is attached to an adjustable plate, S, so that there will be a space suiciently large to admit one of the wires to pass beneath the conductor.

The wire is moved forward by a sliding bar, N, which operates in agroove in the plate S, andpresses the'wire into the rod, after which it is retreated beyond the lower endof the conductor O, and another wire drops down before it, to be forced forward in a like manner. l l

The arm N is operated by a lever, M, which has its fulcrum at a point on the lframe A', and is in turn moved by a sliding bar, L, atthe top of the frame.

This bar has a bevelled 'or angular projection, a, rising from its vupper side close to the lever B, so that as the lever is pressed down, it forces the bar L to move along, and thus loperates the lever M.

The plate S has two slots, and by loosening the bolts T, which pass through these slots, and turning the screws V, the plate may be moved to or from the point where the shade is placed, so as to increase or diminish the space between the shades. f-

The blockG, against which the rod rests when a wire is pressed into it, is also adjustable to thedifferby direct connection', as shown, or by the interventibu.

of a connecting-rod. l I

The shadesare placed one atatime on their edges, I

upon the adjustable screws H, and their ends rest against the guide I.- rllhe rod is passed along by the pawl or feeder E, during the upward motion of the lever B. The motion also raises the arm D, and rcleases the bar L', which is forced .back by the spring K, and thus through the lever M, retract's the bar N.

WVhen the lever B is pressed down, the bar Nforces one wire from the conductor O into the rod, and the arm D forces onefrom the conductor-,C into the shade, one4 of the ,sides of the wire passing through awire loop, which was "formed ou the rod by the previous motion, and which has now been carried to the proper f position by the pawl E.

The vconductor O is made so as to form an arc of a circle, the wires being placed on the convex or upper side, this being the onlyform which will feed thewires regularly and singly. Any other form, where it is necessary to introduce the wires from the side, must clog the passage.

The conductor O, which must deliver its wires so that they stand vertically,l is also made `the arc of a ing of the conductor O, with the guard R, and the sliding bar N, lever M, and sliding bar L, operated by the lever B, substantially as described. A

2. In combination with the above-claimed device,

ing forwardthe rods, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the rod-wiring device above claimed, of the device for wiring the blind-slats to Jthe rods, substantially as herein set forth.

In Witness whereof', we have hereunto affixed our hands and seals.

JEFFERSON KINDLEBERGER. [L s.] WILLIAM AUGUSTUS ARNOLD. [L.s.]

Witnesses A. M. WINN, J. L. BOONE.

the pawl E, pivoted upon the bent, lever B, for feed- 

